Danny MacAskill's Epecuen

I have to agree with what Alpin is getting at. DM set the bar so high in his first few vids, and they were amazing, that it now looks like he's just doing the same circus tricks, but in different locations and it just kinda doesn't wow me anymore. I've seen him do them before, a number of times.
I expect every trick in every video is individual and has it's unique elements and problems to overcome, but it just looks like the same stuff to me.
However, after 5 or 6 years of Akrigg videos, I still always look forward to the next one.

I enjoyed the new Macaskill video and similarly enjoyed all the following videos in this thread. I'm a tad concerned that the word "juxtaposition" has appeared more than once... not sure i'm on the right forum these days!

In a similar vein to other posts, when i saw the first the Inspired Bicycles video back in 2009 it was a massive WOW for me. So fresh and fun. The 2 or 3 after that were equally good but then he seemed to depart slightly on the Imaginate project into something more arty. I did enjoy it although i think i preferred the full length documentary that showed Danny to be a very level headed, passionate bike rider.

This one has left me wondering more about the Argentinian City and Pablo's Villa that recalling his riding exploits - as impressive as they were.

The product placement didnt bother me - at the end of the day they pay for the videos and if watching red bull being drunk for 2 seconds is necessary then so be it. I'd just like there to be an injection of a little more fun and freshness!

I too agree with alpin and was glad someone else thinks the same as me.

Comparing the stuff in his first video which went viral, theres little I can see thats different - its the same thing with a bigger budget and more commercialised. Fair play though - he's got mad skills but its not my cup of tea.

I do prefer Chris Akriggs stuff mainly because its a lot more down to earth, a lot of his stuff is on my local(ish) trails, its ridden on a proper bike most of the time (although I enjoyed his recent CX one and they're works of the devil) and they've got loads better soundtracks!

Amazing video, life is too short to cry about him drinking a Red Bull, the can wasn't even facing forward ffs! The sponsorship is what allows alot of this videos we all love to watch happen, I really don't see the issue.

Supposedly that frontflip with the tap on the sign is a world first. I don't know how much more different you want?

Therein lies the problem. It was only the fact they showed it from 3 different angles that made me suspect it was probably something impressive, but to my eyes it was just another front flip. Incrementally increasing the difficulty of a trick people have seen many times before is nowhere near as impressive as showing off a brand new trick.

Seems like people watch his videos for different reasons (surprise!). There are those who want to see new tricks; pushing the limits of biking, blah, blah, blah. Then there are other who want a good video; something new, involving, artsy, blah... I suppose I'm in the latter group. I prefer Akriggs videos because they're all a bit different, even if the riding's similar. Danny's always look like basically the same thing with different backdrops. Still unbelievably impressive though. Just the manualling along the roof-edge with the hops onto the pillars was great.

I doubt I'd have noticed the product-placement if it wasn't for the complaining here. Then all I could think was that the name/logo wasn't even facing the camera. Idiots!

Why do people always feel the need to bring up Akrigg in a Danny video? It's like comparing apples and oranges, they are both very different riders and don't do anything that is remotely similar to each other!. Personally I enjoy both their videos for very different reasons.

I think if you're a mountain biker, then Akrigg hits the spot, but Red Bull are going for a much wider audience - lots of people watch imaginate and will watch this one that wont watch another cycling vid all year.

Re the product placement... Someone pointed out on here that in Way Back Home, he's wearing 5 10s in every closeup but in most of the riding scenes he's wearing Shimano AM40s. Once you see it, you can't stop seeing it

I'm a tad concerned that the word "juxtaposition" has appeared more than once... not sure i'm on the right forum these days!

Your observations of the Zeitgeist has identified a paradigm shift.

As for the video, I was sadly more curious about the history of the town. I didn't want this to be the case, it's just that the riding displayed is impossible to relate to and the 'wow' factor has diminished with repetition.

You can't compare Danny to Chris as they're two completely different types of rider. The reason Danny's vids are such highly polished numbers is purely down to the fact Red Bull pay for them, do you know where this film was actually premiered? Also this was filmed by the same guy who did the original April 2009 vid which again you can't really compare it to as that was just a video he made to show off his riding like most of us trials riders do every now and again, just this time shit got serious.
His close mates keep pestering him to do a low key vid on a regular trials bike as he's pretty baller on that but sadly due to the whole Red Bull thing he can't, and he definitely isn't a natural rider!

Almost on topic, a couple of other vids you may be interested in, both of them teasers.

About halfway through they asked if they can watch the bike video where the man gets splashed by the puddle.....as per some previous comments, Macaskill is known as the man who does the somersault off Edinburgh Castle. They'll watch 'five' all day